Value Delivery - ESG Goals This is a team exercise; a PM is required. Link: Team PD - Team Coordination & Leadership ESG and enterprise value "Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) is an evaluation of a firm's collective conscientiousness for social and environmental factors. It is typically a score that is compiled from data collected surrounding specific metrics related to intangible assets within the enterprise. It could be considered a form of corporate social credit score. Research shows that such intangible assets comprise an increasing percentage of future enterprise value. While there are many ways to think of intangible asset metrics, these three central factors together, ESG, comprise a label that has been adopted throughout the United States financial industry." (Wikipedia) The three broad ESG categories are: . Environmental: Environmental sustainability and combating climate change Social: Diversity, inclusion, human rights, consumer protection, animal welfare Governance: Effective management, employee relations and fair compensation, transparency re: executive compensation This evaluation will focus on the "E" category of ESG: Environmental goals. The Project Management context for this assignment: "Examples of ways that projects produce value include... Creating positive social or environmental contributions" (SPM, pg. 7-8). Working on this report assignment will help you understand and demonstrate your understanding of how projects create value In the corporate context. Details about this exercise: This is an Internet research report that you will work on in teams. Components: 1. Instructions to the PM: a. Recruit a skilled team of four classmates (team size-5, including you). You will register your team during class in week 3. b. Facilitate a team discussion to decide what organization you will research for this report.4:14 PM 94 Recruit a skilled team of four classmates (team size=5, including you). You will register your team during class in week 3. b. Facilitate a team discussion to decide what organization you will research for this report. Students in the Global Business Management (GBG) program: You will choose an organization that is a constituent of the S& P/TSX Composite Index. Students in a Global Hospitality program (GBD, GHL or GOM): You will choose an organization listed as a "corporate member" on the Hotel Association of Canada (HAC] members.list. Be sure to choose an organization that has sufficiently detailed information about its ESG strategy available online so that you will be able to complete the research report described below. Reserve your team's chosen organization HERE to hold it. (No duplications permitted.) To ensure you have enough time to work on this report before it is due, choices of organizations will close on the Friday of week 3 at midnight C. Work with your team to coordinate and delegate the work required to cor deliverable. 2/4 d. Submit your document to the professor by the due date. DUE: Start of class, Submit your work by email. Include the hyperlink to your document (Google Docs) in the email CC: all of your team members on the email, using their myseneca.ca email addresses. 2. Report components: This will be a short (approximately 2-page) report. No separate title page required. No citations page required. Structure the report content as follows: a. Create your document in Google Docs, using the example report shown in class as an example of the format to follow. Set the document's Share setting to: "Anyone on the Internet with this link can comment " (The advantage of this is that it will allow me to provide more detailed feedback using the Comments functionality in Google Docs.) b. The report title at the top of the first page. c. The names of all team members d. The name of the organization you selected. Please insert a hyperlink in the organization name to the organization's main webpage. Please name and goal summary a report. Open in Google Docs 1. A direct quote fr strategic goal(s) as. B. A list of 4 to 8 corporate initiatives named and/or described in the documentation youe. Please name and hyperlink the web page(s) where you have gathered the ESG strategic goal summary quote and the supporting corporate initiatives that are included in your report. f. A direct quote from your sources that summarizes the organization's environmental strategic goal(s) as part of its ESG strategy. g. A list of 4 to 8 corporate initiatives named and/or described in the documentation you reviewed that would count as projects that support the environmental goal. The initiatives may be completed (in the recent past) or planned for completion within the next two years or so. Please try to select examples of corporate initiatives with summary statements that are SMART (especially using language that is specific, measurable and/or time-bound). h. For each listed initiative, add a brief statement (1-2 bullet points) defining important technical concepts (if applicable) and explaining how it will support or help realize the ESG goal. For this you can use either verbiage taken from the organization's website or use your own subject matter expertise based on research. Rubric Evaluation Characteristics & Feedback 8/8 Excellent work overall. In a business setting, if this was a research report that your manager asked you to produce, he/she would feel confident forwarding it to the CEO or other senior stakeholders with no edits required. Feedback from your manager would be: Good choice of organization. Good choice of quote from your source summarizing the organization's environmental goal. Good selection of corporate initiatives from your source that support the environmental goal. The statements for the corporate initiatives are specific, measurable and time-bound where possible. The explanatory points for each initiative define technical concepts if needed and explain how the initiative supports or helps realize the environmental goal. Adhering to the instructions: Submitted on time, in the correct format, accurate sources, the hyperlinks work. Document style: No style issues, or up to 2-3 minor issues with spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting7/8 Very good work overall. In a business setting, your manager would ask you to do a small amount of editing to make the report ready to publish or distribute to stakeholders. Feedback might be one of the following: The statement for one of the initiatives does not necessarily sound like a project since it is not specific, measurable and/or time-bound. One or two of the explanatory points are not clearly worded, or don't clearly explain how the initiative supports the environmental goal, or don't include a definition of a technical term that the average business person might not understand A few minor spelling, grammar or punctuation issues but not enough to detract from the professionalism of your document. 6/8 Good work overall. A modest amount of work editing the report is required. Feedback might be one of the following: The selected initiatives and explanations show how the organization is working on its environmental goal but the wording needs to be clearer in a few places. There are several spelling, grammar or punctuation issues that need to be fixed. No grade In a business setting, your manager would send your draft back to you for a substantial rewrite. Feedback might be one or more of the following: A required component of the report is missing. The choice of organization is not appropriate, based on the assignment Instructions. It is unclear or confusing how the quote you chose demonstrates the organization's environmental goal. It is unclear or confusing how some of the corporate initiatives that your report cites support the environmental goal. The style issues (spelling, grammar, punctuation) are serious and frequent enough to make your report look unprofessional